February 22 (SeeNews) - Bank card transactions in Macedonia totalled 1,667,344 in January, 10.06% down from December but more than two times higher than January 2007, central bank statistics showed on Friday.
In terms of value, card transactions in January fell by 7.9% from a month earlier but jumped six times on the year to 6.921 billion denars ($166.8 million/ 112.4 million euro), according to the country's central bank, NBRM.
Details follow:
|
January’08 |
December’07 |
November’07 |
January’07 |
TOTAL CARDS |
783,648 |
716,611 |
690,998 |
448,763 |
-DEBIT |
386,008 |
353,551 |
341,805 |
231,382 |
-CREDIT |
184,700 |
168,849 |
163,466 |
118,683 |
-OTHER |
203,144 |
184,430 |
175,959 |
89,272 |
TRANSACTIONS |
1,667,344 |
1,853,920 |
1,580,020 |
623,668 |
DOMESTIC VALUE (mln denars) |
6,921 |
7,522 |
6,231 |
1,761 |
TOTAL VALUE (mln denars) |
6,252.9 |
7,693.6 |
6,483.6 |
2,386.1 |
POS TERMINALS |
23,924 |
14,056 |
13,014 |
10,626 |
ATMs |
564 |
529 |
519 |
355 |
The American Express, CaSys, Diners, Diners Club, MasterCard, Private, ProCredit, Sileks Kartica, STBB kartica, TTK Kartica and Visa card brands are accepted in Macedonia.
(1 euro = 61.5694 Macedonian denars)